Ahmad Sujudi Facing Jail

ALLEGED to have made a direct appointment in a medical equipment procurement project at the Health Department in 2003, former Health Minister Ahmad Sujudi was charged with five years’ imprisonment and a Rp200 million fine plus Rp700 million compensation.

The warrant issued by Ahmad Sujudi as the basis for the tender was considered by the prosecutors a mere formality. “As a result, the state suffered a loss of Rp104.